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• Byblos. Revista de Historiografía Histórico-Jurídica
• Diritto@Storia
• Ius Antiquum
• Revue Internationale des Droits de l'Antiquité
• Rivista di Diritto Romano
• Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik

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• Archaeogate: Iura
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• Katholischen Universität Eichstätt, Lehrstuhl für alte Geschichte: Online-Publikationen

Abrahamsohn, K.

Das Keilschriftrecht. Recht und Gesetz im III. und II. Jahrtausend v. Chr. im Alten Orient. Forum Historiae Iuris. 2000. (162K).

Amielanczyk, Krzysztof.

In iudicio convenire (circumvenire): Judicial crimes according to the lex Cornelia de sicariis et veneficis (81 B.C.). Pomoerium 2. 1996. (pdf).

Arcaria, F.

Un archivio a testo pieno delle fonti giuridiche epigrafiche e papirologiche romane: i senatusconsulta. Informatica e diritto 1. 1997. (pdf: 429K).

Arjava, Antti

Die römische Vormundschaft und das Volljährigkeitsalter in Ägypten. ZPE 126 (1999). Pp. 202–204. (pdf).

Bartlett, B.

How Excessive Government Killed Ancient Rome. The Cato Journal 14:2. 1994. (40k).

Bederman, D.J.

Reception of the Classical Tradition in International Law: Grotius' De Jure Belli ac Pacis. Emory International Law Review 10. 1996. (75k).

Berkvens, A.M.J.A.

Constitutio Imperatoriam en de Gelderse Land- en Stadsrechten (1619). (396k).

Cairns, John W.

James Muirhead, Teacher, Scholar, Book-Collector. Originally published as [Commission belge de Bibliographie et de Bibliologie], The Muirhead Collection Catalogue, Part One: James Muirhead, Teacher, Scholar, Book-Collector [Part Two: Owens College Library Catalogue Class V. Legal Sciences], with a preface by Christian F. Verbeke (Brussels, 1999), ISBN 2930016043. Reprinted by Roman Law Resources Electronic Reprints in HTML, or for downloading in Microsoft® Reader or PDF.

Carbone, Edmundo J.

Los aportes juridicos de las 'Noches Aticas'. Revista Prudentia Iuris, 51. n.d.

Casassa, Charles.

Magister Vacarius 'hic en Oxenefordia legem docuit': (1) An Analysis of the Dessemination of Roman Law in the Middle Ages. University of Kansas. 26 November 1991. (30K).

Casinos-Mora, F.-J.

Propter Absentiam Victus. Note sulla Condanna Automatica del Contumace nel Processo Formulare. Pomoerium 4-5. 2000. (pdf: 102K).

Bemerkungen zu Iulianus D. 21, 2, 39 pr. Forum Historiae Iuris. 1999. (59K).

Castellucci, I.

La consuetudine nel diritto romano-giustinianeo e nel diritto argentino: natura e forza normativa. Cardozo Law Bulletin. 1996. (63K).

Christes, J.

Cicero und der römsiche Humanismus. Inaugural Lecture. 24 January 1995. (pdf).

Côté, P.-A.

L’interprétation de la loi en droit civil et en droit statutaire: communauté de langue et différences d’accents. 31 Thémis. 1997. (84K).

Danner, H.R.

Roman Law Pleading. Indianapolis, IN, USA. 1912. Reprinted by Internet Webincunabula, 1999.

Davidson, J.M.

Derecho e Ideologia en la Roma Tardo-Republicana. Pomoerium 4-5. 2000. (pdf: 325k).

Drummond, A.

Ammianus Marcellinus and the Roman Rules of War. Master's Thesis, University of Kansas. 1989 . Chap. One (36k), Chap. Two (107K), Chap. Three (55K) .

Evans-Grubbs, K.

Slave-Mistress Relationships. Phoenix 47, pp. 125-54. 1993. (103K).

Edward, David A.O.

The Role and Relevance of the Civil Law Tradition in the Work of the European Court of Justice. Originally published as David A.O. Edward, 'The Role and Relevance of the Civil Law Tradition in the Work of the European Court of Justice', in D.L. Carey Miller and R. Zimmermann, edd., The Civilian Tradition and Scots Law. Aberdeen Quincentenary Essays [Schriften zur Europäischen Rechts- und Verfassungsgeschichte, Bd. 20] (Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 1997) (ISBN 3-428-09011-X), pp 309-20. Reprinted by Roman Law Resources Electronic Reprints in HTML, or for downloading in Microsoft® Reader or PDF.

Evans-Jones, R.

Roman Law in Britain. Originally published as R. Evans-Jones, 'Roman Law in Britain', in U. Manthe and C. Krampe, edd., Quaestiones Iuris. Festschrift für Joseph Georg Wolf zum 70. Geburtstag [Freiburger Rechtsgeschichtliche Abhandlungen (n.F.), Bd. 36] (Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 2000) (ISBN 3-428-09866-8), pp 83-110. Reprinted by Roman Law Resources Electronic Reprints in HTML, or for downloading in Microsoft® Reader or PDF.

Feldner, Birgit.

Women's Exclusion from the Roman officium. Forum Historiae Iuris. 17 September 2002. HTML or PDF.

Finestra Zaracho, María Laura.

Derecho Procesal Romano. Trabajo práctico. Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales Universidad Nacional de Asunción. 2000.

Gascou, Jacques

Hadrien et le droit latin. ZPE 127. 1999. Pp. 294–300. (pdf).

Gibbon, E.

Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Ch. 44: The Idea of Roman Jurisprudence. (132K).

Gizewski, C.

Eine spätantike Vorform der Rechtsstaatlichkeit: zur Komplementarität von Rechtstradition und Codexrecht. Scriptorium. May 2000.

'Verfassungsrecht' ohne Gerichtskontrolle. Ein römisch-kaiserzeitlicher Typus politischer Normativität. Scriptorium. May 2000.

Hugo Grotius und das antike Völkerrecht. Der Staat 32:3 (1993), 325 - 55. {4358K).

Gordon, William M.

Roman Law in Scotland. Originally published as W. Gordon, 'Roman Law in Scotland', in R. Evans-Jones, The Civil Law Tradition in Scotland [The Stair Society, supplementary series, vol. 2] (Edinburgh, 1995) (ISBN 1-872517-08-0), pp 13-40. Reprinted by Roman Law Resources Electronic Reprints in HTML, or for downloading in Microsoft® Reader or PDF.

Granada Silva, Nicolás.

Contratos. Trabajo práctico. Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales Universidad Nacional de Asunción. 2000

Graziadei, M.

Comparative Law, Legal History, and the Holistic Approach to Legal Cultures. Revista Critica del Diritto Privato 3. 1999. (148K).

Hatzis, A.N.

The Anti-Theoretical Nature of Civil Law Contract Scholarship and the Need for an Economic Theory.. Commentaries on Law and Economics 2. 2002.

Haug, F.W.

Ius und Fas. [Inauguraldissertation zur Erlangung eines Grades des Doktors des Rechts an dem Fachbereich Rechtswissenschaft der Freien Universität Berlin, 1996]. Online-Publikationen, Freie Universität Berlin. (444K).

Hoadly, George

A Lecture upon Roman Law Procedure. Cinncinnati, 1877. (2MB).

Hodgson, John.

The Comparative Dimension (or What do they know of England, that only England know?). 1995 Web Journal of Legal Issues. (29K).

Honoré, A.

La mauvaise acclimatation de la notion internationale de "true and fair view" (image fidele) dans les pays de droit romain : les conséquences sur le cadre conceptuel français. Université Paris Dauphine. n.d. (47K).

Irmscher, Johannes.

Sul Termine Ius Graecoromanum. Pomoerium 2. 1996. (pdf).

Jackson, B.S.

Lex Talionis: Revisiting Daube's Classic. Paper given to the 2001 Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. 2001. (pdf: 224K)

Johns, C.H.W.

Babylonian Law--The Code of Hammurabi. [Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th ed., 1910-1911]. (51K)

Johnston, D.

The General Influence of Roman Institutions of State and Public Law. Originally published as D. Johnston, 'The General Influence of Roman Institutions of State and Public Law', in D.L. Carey Miller and R. Zimmermann, edd., The Civilian Tradition and Scots Law. Aberdeen Quincentenary Essays [Schriften zur Europäischen Rechts- und Verfassungsgeschichte, Bd. 20] (Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 1997) (ISBN 3-428-09011-X), pp 87-101. Reprinted by Roman Law Resources Electronic Reprints in HTML, or for downloading in Microsoft® Reader or PDF.

Jolowicz, H.F.

Case Law in Roman Egypt. Originally published as H.F Jolowicz, 'Case Law in Roman Egypt', Journal of the Society of Public Teachers of Law, 14 (1937), pp. 1-16. Reprinted by Roman Law Resources Electronic Reprints for downloading in PDF.

Kilcullen, J.

The origin of property: Ockham, Grotius, Pufendorf, and some others. 1995. (58K).

Klagedorn, D., and Worp, Klaas A.

Neues zu der Papyrussammlung Gradenwitz. ZPE 128 (1999), pp. 153-160. (PDF).

Licandro, O., & Spampinato, D.

Bibliotheca Iuris Antiqui. Bilancio e prospettive. Informatica e diritto 1. 1997. (pdf: 1541K).

Lebek, W. D.

Das Senatus Consultum de Cn. Pisone Patre und Tacitus. ZPE 128 (1999) 183-211. ( (pdf: 229K).

Lehmann, William C.

Some Observations on the Law Lectures of Professor Millar at the University of Glasgow (1761–1801). Originally published as William C. Lehmann, 'Some Observations on the Law Lectures of Professor Millar at the University of Glasgow (1761–1801)', [1970] The Juridical Review, pp. 56–77. Reprinted by Roman Law Resources Electronic Reprints for downloading in PDF.

Lopez-Rendo Rodríguez, C.

El abogado desde sus orígenes a la Actualidad. La importancia del derecho romano en su formación. January 2000. (Word: 174K).

Louzan de Solimano, N.

Los Juristas clásicos en el Derecho Romano. Instituto de derecho Romano, Universidad del Salvador. n.d. (8K).

Sucesión Intestada y 'La legitima' en Roma. Instituto de derecho Romano, Universidad del Salvador. n.d. (24K).

Los tribunos Mártires y su Revolución Social. Instituto de derecho Romano, Universidad del Salvador. n.d. (17K).

MacCormack, Geoffrey.

Culpa in the Scots Law of Reparation. Originally published as Geoffrey MacCormack, 'Culpa in the Scots Law of Reparation', [1974] The Juridical Review, pp. 13–29. Reprinted by Roman Law Resources Electronic Reprints for downloading in PDF.

Anthropology and Legal Theory. Originally published as Geoffrey MacCormack, 'Anthropology and Legal Theory', [1978] The Juridical Review, pp. 216–32. Reprinted by Roman Law Resources Electronic Reprints for downloading in PDF.

Voluntas testatoris and Scaev. D. 29,7,14 / Afr. 29,7,15. Pomoerium 1. 1994. (pdf).

Madden, John

Slavery in the Roman Empire. Numbers and Origins. Classics Ireland 3. 1996. (32K).

Maggio, L.

BIT-ROM: un archivio ipertestuale su disco ottico della letteratura giusromanistica. Informatica e diritto 1. 1997. (pdf: 499K).

Maine, H.S.

Ancient Law. McMaster University, Canada. n.d.

Lectures on the Early History of Institutions. McMaster University, Canada. n.d.

Mazzola, M.A.L.

Thesaurus iuris antiqui. Uno strumento per la ricerca bibliografica sui diritti dell'Antichità. Informatica e diritto 1. 1997. (pdf: 787K).

Metzger, Ernest.

'Quare? Argument in David Daube, after Karl Popper'. In: E. Metzger (ed.), Law For All Times: Essays in Memory of David Daube. Lawrence, KS: Roman Law Society of America. 2004. Pp. 27-58. (PDF).

Acquisition of Living Things by Specification. Originally published as E. Metzger, 'Acquisition of Living Things by Specification', Edinburgh Law Review 8 (2004), pp 112-15. Reprinted by Roman Law Resources Electronic Reprints for donwloading in PDF format and Microsoft® Reader.

Adam Smith and Roman Servitudes. PREPRINT. This is a draft of an article that appeared in the Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis, 72 (2004), 327–57. (PDF).

Roman Judges, Case Law, and Principles of Procedure. Law and History Review, 22 (2004), 243-75. A PREPRINT in for downloading in PDF is also available.

The Current View of the Extra-Judicial Vadimonium. Originally published as E. Metzger, 'The Current View of the Extra-Judicial Vadimonium', 117 Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte, romanistische Abteilung (2000), pp 133-178 [Böhlau Verlag Wien]. Reprinted by Roman Law Resources Electronic Reprints in HTML and for downloading in PDF format.

The Case of Petronia Iusta. Originally published as E. Metzger, 'The Case of Petronia Iusta', Revue Internationale des Droit de l'Antiquité (3rd series) 47 (2000), 151-165. Reprinted by Roman Law Resources Electronic Reprints in HTML and for downloading in PDF format or Microsoft® Reader.

Interrupting Proceedings in iure: uadimonium and intertium . Originally published at 120 Zeitschrift der Papyrologie und Epigraphik 215-225 (1998). Reprinted by Roman Law Resources Electronic Reprints in HTML and for downloading in Microsoft® Reader. It is also available for downloading from the ZPE in PDF format.

Ladungsuadimonium in the Republic. [Paper]. 53rd Session of the Société Internationale 'Fernand De Visscher' pour l'Histoire des Droits de l'Antiquité, Exeter. 22 September 1999. (12K).

Evidence for Ladungsuadimonium. [Paper]. 52nd Session of the Société Internationale 'Fernand De Visscher' pour l'Histoire des Droits de l'Antiquité, Madrid. 29 September 1998. (17K).

Actions. Originally published as E. Metzger, 'Actions', in E. Metzger, ed., A Companion to Justinian's Institutes (London: Gerald Duckworth and Co., Ltd, and New York: Cornell University Press, 1997), ISBN 0715628305 (Duckworth Pbk), 071562798 (Duckworth Hbk), 0801485843 (CUP Pbk), 0801436192 (CUP Hbk), pp 208-228. Reprinted by Roman Law Resources Electronic Reprints in HTML and for downloading in PDF format or Microsoft® Reader.

Scholarship in the Sunshine. [Paper]. 50th Session of the Société Internationale 'Fernand De Visscher' pour l'Histoire des Droits de l'Antiquité, Brussels. 17 September 1996. (18K).

Meyer-Spasche, R.

Roman Law [The Recovery of Benefits Conferred under Illegal or Immoral Transactions, Chapter One]. Part of a thesis submitted for the degree of PhD at the University of Aberdeen. 2002. Available for reading in HTML, or for downloading in PDF format or Microsoft® Reader.

Monateri, P.G.

Black Gaius: A Quest for the Multicultural Origins of the 'Western Legal Tradition'. April 1999. (233K).

Neil, John.

The Development of Roman Law, Including Its Laws of Succession and Aspects of its Influence Upon the United States Constitution. Abstract. Louisiana Scholars' College. April 1992.

Olechowski, T.

Das römische Königtum. Forum Historiae Iuris. October 2000. (44K).

De Oliveira Lagoa Sforza, Maurizio.

Fuentes de las Obligaciones: Delitos y Cuasidelitos. Trabajo Práctico. Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales Universidad Nacional de Asunción. 2000.

Olivier-deKeyzer, G.R.

The Civil Law in Louisiana. L'Esprit de Notariat. n.d. (25K).

Packman, Zola.

Undesireable Company: The Categorisation of Women in Roman Law. [Inaugural address, Chair of Classics, University of Natal, 3 June 1992]. Scholia 3 . (41k).

Palazzola, N.

I romanisti e il computer: il discorso continua.... Informatica e diritto 1. 1997. (pdf: 198K).

Pennington, K.

Innocent Until Proven Guilty: The Origins of a Legal Maxim. 1999. (60K).

The History of Rights in Western Thought. Emory Law Journal 47. 1998. 237-252. (44K).

Due Process, Community, and the Prince in the Evolution of the Ordo iudiciarius. Revista internazionale di diritto comune 9. 1998. 9-47. (114K).

Baldus de Ubaldis. Rivista internazionale di diritto comune 8, pp. 35-61. 1997. (84K).

The Spirit of Legal History. University of Chicago Law Review 64. 1997. 1097-1116. [Without notes]. (43K).

Roman and Secular Law in the Middle Ages. Medieval Latin: An Introduction and Bibliographical Guide, edd. F.A.C. Mantello and A.G. Rigg. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University Press of America. 1996. 254-66. (116K).

Learned Law, Droit Savant, Gelehrtes Recht: The Tyranny of a Concept. Rivista internazionale di diritto comune 5. 1994. 197-209 (= Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce 20. 1994. 205-215). (35K).

Bartolomé de Las Casas and the Tradition of Medieval Law. First published as "Bartolomé de Las Casas and the Tradition of Medieval Law," Church History 39 (1970) 149-61, revised and published in Popes, Canonists, and Texts 1150-1550 (Collected Studies Series 412; Aldershot: Variorum, 1993). (59K).

Piccione, Peter A.

The Status of Women in Ancient Egyptian Society. 1995. (22K).

Di Pietro, A.

La legitima en el derecho Romano. (84K). [uinculum ruptum temporaliter]

du Plessis, Jacques.

Compulsion in Roman Law. Part of a thesis submitted for the degree of PhD at the University of Aberdeen. 1997. Available for reading in HTML, or for downloading in PDF format or Microsoft® Reader.

Resinski, R.

Constituting an Adorned Female Body--from Pandora to Livy's Lex Oppia. Diotima. April 1997. (24K).

Riggsby, Andrew.

Lenocium: Scope and Consequences. ZSS, rom. Abt., 112. 1995. 423-7. (12K).

Appropriation and Reversal as a Basis for Oratorical Proof. Classical Philology 90. 1995. (31K).

Schulze, G.

Eviktionshaftung aus einem Grundstückskauf unter Nießbrauchsvorbehalt. Forum Historiae Juris. 1998. (110K).

Sciuto, P.

Internet e diritto romano. Informatica e diritto 1. 1997. (pdf: 478K).

Smith, W.

The Roman Law Articles of Smith's Dictionary. [A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, John Murray, London, 1875]. Ed. Bill Thayer, LacusCurtius: Into the Roman World.

Tate, Joshua C.

Christianity and the Legal Status of Abandoned Children in the Later Roman Empire. Journal of Law and Religion, 24. n.d.

Tocci, Mario

La perdita della libertà personale nell'antico ordinamento giuridico romano Filodiritto.com. June 2003.

L'istituto del condono nell'esperienza giuridica italiana contemporanea e in quella romana antica. Filodiritto.com. April 2003.

Il rapporto di lavoro subordinato nell'ordinamento giuridico italiano contemporaneo, in raffronto con quello analogo degli antichi ordinamenti giuridici romano e attico. Filodiritto.com. February 2003.

Trazzi, Maria Rita

La disciplina romana delle professioni intellettuali con particolare riguardo all’avvocato. Filodiritto.com. October 2001.

Valiño, A.

Bemerkungen zu D. 47,10,44 (Iav. 9 post. Lab.). Forum Historiae Iuris. 2002. (14K).

Bartolo's De Insigniis et Armis. September 1997. (18K).

Watkins, T.

Policing Rome: Maintaining Order in Fact and Fiction. N.d. (27K).

Watson, A.

Legal Transplants and European Private Law. Ius Commune Lectures on European Private Law 2. 2000. (45K).

Zablocki, Jan.

The Image of a Roman family in Noctes Atticae by Aulus Gellius. Pomoerium 2. 1996. (pdf).

Updates / Aktualisierungen: 11.7.07 Berkvens, Constitutio; Hatzis, The Anti-Theoretical Nature; Tate, Christianity. 18.2.05 Lehmann, Observations; Klagedorn and Worp, Neues; MacCormack, Culpa; Metzger, Quare?. Legal Anthropology. 1.12.04 Arjava, Vormundschaft; Carbone, Los aportes; Gascou, Hadrien. 13.1.04 Finestra Zaracho, Derecho; Granada Silva, Contratos; De Oliveira, Fuentes; Metzger, Acquisition; 20.10.03 Jolowicz, Case Law; Metzger, Current View. 25.9.03 Metzger, Roman Judges. 3.9.03 Edward, The Role and Relevance of the Civil Law Tradition. 29.8.03 Lebek, Senatus Consultum; Metzger, Petronia Iusta. 29.6.03 Ancient History Bulletin: deleted; Feldner, Women's Exclusion; Gizewski, Rechtsstaatlichkeit, Verfassungsrecht; Tocci: La Perdita, L'istituto, Il rapporto; Trazzi, La disciplina. 4.11.02 Gizewski, Hugo Grotius. 17.9.02 Christes, Cicero; Jackson, Lex Talionis. 30.8.02 Meyer-Spasche, Roman law. 8.7.02 Gordon, Roman Law in Scotland. 16.5.02 Johnston, General Influence. 10.5.02 Evans-Jones, Roman Law. 29.3.02 Nasser, Los delitos: uinculum deletum.10.2.02 Danner, Roman Law; Pennington, History of Rights; Pennington, Innocent; Valiño, Bemerkungen 15.8.01 Watkins, Policing; Watson, Legal Transplants. 4.5.01 Metzger, Interrupting Proceedings. 24.4.01 Cairns, James Muirhead. 9.4.01 Graziadei, Comparative Law; Neil, Development. 23.1.01 Olechowski, Königtum. 6.11.00 Nasser, Los delitos. 12.10.00 Hoadly, Lecture. 14.9.00 Casinos-Mora, Propter Absentiam; Davidson, Derecho. 7.7.00 Abrahamsohn, Keilschriftrecht. 19.6.00 Metzger, Ladungsuadimonium in the Republic. 22.5.00 Côté, L’interprétation; Johns, Babylonian Law; Lopez-Rendo Rodríguez, El abogado; Louzan de Solimano, Los Juristas; Maine, Lectures; Monateri, Black Gaius; Resinski, Constituting; Smith, Roman Law Articles; Velde, Bartolo's. 5.4.00 Amielanczyk, In iudicio convenire; Arcaria, archivio; Irmscher, Ius Graecoromanum; Licandro & Spampinato, Bibliotheca Iuris Antiqui; Maggio, BIT-ROM; Mazzola, Thesaurus iuris antiqui; Olivier-deKeyzer, Civil Law; Palazzola, I romanisti; Pennington, Baldus; Riggsby, Appropriation; Sciuto, Internet; Zablocki, Image. 11.1.00 Madden, Slavery; 26.10.99 Bartlett, Excessive Government; Javier Casinos-Mora, Bemerkungen; Louzan de Solimano, Sucesión; Los tribunos. 4.5.99 Castellucci, La consuetudine; 24.2.99 Schulze, Eviktionshaftung; 22.2.99 Metzger, Evidence for Ladungsvadimonium; Metzger, Scholarship in the Sunshine.